[Ksplice][RHEL6-Updates] New updates available via Ksplice (RHSA-2013:0630-1)
Jamie Iles
jamie.iles at oracle.com
Wed Mar 13 06:02:23 PDT 2013
Synopsis: RHSA-2013:0630-1 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2013-0268
Systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 can now use Ksplice to
patch against the latest Red Hat Security Advisory, RHSA-2013:0630-1.
INSTALLING THE UPDATES
We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack on RHEL 6 install these
updates.
On systems that have "autoinstall = yes" in /etc/uptrack/uptrack.conf,
these updates will be installed automatically and you do not need to
take any action.
Alternatively, you can install these updates by running:
# /usr/sbin/uptrack-upgrade -y
DESCRIPTION
* CVE-2013-0268: /dev/cpu/*/msr local privilege escalation.
Access to /dev/cpu/*/msr was protected only using filesystem
checks. A local uid 0 (root) user with all capabilities dropped
could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code in kernel mode.
SUPPORT
Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww at oracle.com.
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